We spent it up north at Refugio beach. I booked a beach camping trip many months ago not realizing that school was starting a week earlier this year (what is wrong with me lately?) It's why all my family came into town. So they are all still up camping and I am home with Henry…

Hi! We made it home earlier in the week. We had such a good time and now have my sister in town from Wisconsin with new baby Bridgette that we got to meet for the first time (she is so cute!) My brother, Mom and her husband are also here staying with us. I'll do…

A plastic slide + a perfectly sculpted bowl hairdo  = I decided to load up the children and take them on a little va-ca before school starts in September, so here we are:   They are happy as clams: We went swimming today at the Scera which was awesome. I've never been there and the kids loved…

 I went to a baby shower last week and had the most scrumptious salad. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. It was light and lemony and hearty and sweet. It is my new favorite and I couldn't wait to make it myself. I scoured the internet and am pretty sure I found…

 I went to a baby shower last week and had the most scrumptious salad. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. It was light and lemony and hearty and sweet. It is my new favorite and I couldn't wait to make it myself. I scoured the internet and am pretty sure I found…

I received a frantic message from my grandma on Friday which sounded extremely urgent.  She asked that I call her back as soon as possible. Dare I say the tone of her voice had a bit of trembling in it. I was certain someone had died. I called back. It was urgent. I believe her…

Baby Bridgette's quilt finally arrived in the mail and so I've been given the green light to share it with you. If you remember, the fabrics were a combination of ones that Vanessa chose and the rest were from my stash. She specifically requested a 'non-square' quilt but I was so gaga on the idea…

My sister has been making her own laundry detergent for some time now and I decided to hit her up for her recipe. She had broken it all down in to some obsurd amount that it ended up costing per load (I think about .6 cents as opposed to about .25 cents for major brands).…

 We've been: Enjoying the shore Trying out new recipes and thinking of ways they can be tweaked to make them even more delicious (that one above is stuffed with feta & bacon)  Trying out new fortune cookie recipes and coming up with new 'mis-fortunes' to go inside. Henry came up with that one, just so you…